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Southland Times, Issue 1814, 4 November 1873, Page 4

Corporation CORPORATIONof INVERCARGILL rpENDERS will be received up to 7.30 p.m. of X Thursday, (irh November, for 12 Chains of Crravelli gin Don street. Spccificat on? at the lown Surveyor's Office. A deposit of five per cent, must accompany each tender. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. W. B. SCANDRETT, Town Clerk. LOAN, £3,500, AT SIX PER CENT. IHE Town Council having resolved, under the borrowing powers conferred on the Corporation by the " Oingo Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865," to contract a second LOAN of £3 500, sealed tenders will be received up to 3 : p.m. of the 20th November, 1873, for Seventy I (70) Fifty Pounds (£SO) Debentures. To have a currency of twenty years from the date of issue, and bear interest at the rate of six per cent, per j annum, payable half-yearly at Dunelin or InverSMrgill. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Tenders to be endorsed, " Tender for Debentures." The interest and sinking funds on loans are a first charge upon the rates. The Debentures will be redeemable bj a Sinking Fund, invested annually by Trustees appointed by the Superintendent. .-- The money raised will be expended exclusively on the drainage of the town, and formation oi streets. The Rates for the statutory financial year, ending 19th April, 1872, amounted to £1046 9s, of which £10 18s 6d remains unpaid. For 1873, £1230. For 1874, £1386. The annual revenue amounts to about £'1000. The financial position ot the Corporation is shown by the Balance Sheet, and Estimate of Revenue, published in the Provincial Government Gazettes of 15th January and 30th April, 1873, respectively. W. B. SCANDRETT, Town Clerk. Council Hall, Invercargill, N.Z., September 22, 1873. Mercantile and Insurance Companies riiHE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND *• GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. Fob Fibb Life, onri Annuities. Invested Funds £3,538,000. The iinot-Tsignev] continues to ssue Policies for B"ire and Life Insurance. Prospectuses and every information can be obt .ined from THOMAS BRODRICK, Aeer.t for Snnthlftnd SOUTH BRITISH INSURAN E COMPANY OE NEW ZEALAND. Capital, £500,000, in 25,000 Shares of £20 each, with unlimited liability of shareholders. fJ'HIS Company has been established as a 1 purely New Zealand institution, with all its funds retained and invested in the Colony. It h;>9 a very large and influential body of shareholders distributed throughout the entire Colony, who are themselves insurers to a very considerable amount, and consequently can influence a large husiness, thus adding to the security of the insured and the stability of the Company, the chief features of which are a liberal management, prompt payments, rates moderate, and personal responsibility of a large body of shareholders. The undersigned are now prepared to take ITire and Marine Kisks at current rates. H. J. GIBBS & CO., Agents for Invercargill. Agent at the Bluff JAS. WADDKL. AUSTRALIAN MUTUAL PROVIDENT SOCIETY. FOR MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE, &c NEW ZEALAND BRANCH: Head Office— Wellington. Present Annual Revenue £280,000. Accumulated and Invested Funds... £1,330,000. Persons assuring -with this Office share the whole Profits, and a Sonus ia declared every fifth year. Agent, THOMAS PERKINS. Medical Referee, W. P. GRIGOR. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY OP NEW ZEALANDFIRE AND MARINE. HEAD OFFICE : DUNEDIN. DIHECTOHS : J. L. Butterworth, Esq. Richard Oliver, E<q. John Cargill, Esq. Evan Prosser, Esq. Henry Driver, Esq. Keith Ramsay, Esq. W. J. M. Larnach, Esq. Robert Wilson, Esq. George Gray Russell, Esq. BANKEKS : National Bank of New Zealand. Solicitoes : Messrs Smith and Anderson. 'I^HE COMPANY is now prepared to under--1 take Fire and Marine Insurance business in every branch, and at lowest current rates. Agents for Invereargill : G. F. MARTIN & CO. September 26, 1873. NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW ZEALANDEIRE AND MARINE. HEAD OFFICE : DUNEDIN. DIEECTOH.3 : J. L. Butterworth, Esq. Richard Oliver, Esq. John Cargiil, Esq. Evan Prosser, Esq. Henry Driver, Esq. Keith Ramsay, Esq. W. J. M. Larnach, Esq. Robert Wilson, Esq. George Gray Russell, Esq. Bankehs : National Bank of New Zealand. Solicitors : Messrs Smith and Anderson. rpHE COMPANY will be prepared to underX take Fire and Marine Insurance business in every branch on WEDNESDAY, October Ist, and at lowest current rates. Agents for Riverton and Western District, WHITTINGHAM BROS. & INSTONE. September 26tb, 1873. 13ILLHEADS, CUSTOM HOUSE FORMS, POSTERS, PAMPHLETS, &c. Cheaply, Neatly, and Expediliously Printed at THE TIMES OFFICE.